Abp. Thomas Gullickson recommends YOUCAT for "every Catholic home bookshelf"

Apostolic Archbishop Thomas Edward Gullickson, who is papal nuncio in Ukraine (and who hails from Sioux Falls, South Dakota) has a new blog, "Deo Volente Ex Animo", and one of his first posts is about the Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church (YOUCAT):

I finally managed this vacation to take a look at YOUCAT, The Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church, English edition from Ignatius Press. The book did not disappoint. Although I cannot claim that I did more than breeze through it, this is one for every Catholic home bookshelf. If you find the CCC, The Catechism of the Catholic Church, too monumental at times, this book is for you, young or old. I would venture to say that there is not and never has been since I've been a priest (1976) a catechism on the market as well organized and useful as this one.

The question and answer format with references to the more ample teaching of the CCC, no small amount of great commentary and lots of quotes in the outside columns, are complemented by lovely and lively photography all through the book. My reservations over some of the little line-drawings (stick-men) in the margins are not even worth mentioning. The index is far superior to that of the CCC and if you know the general structure of the CCC this book will soon be at your command as a handy reference, and especially via the 10 Commandments to the whole spectrum of fundamental moral teaching and much more. It is definitely something Father should keep on hand when he is preparing his Sunday homily, because the definitions are crystal clear and succinct; many of the marginal quotes from popes, great saints, philosophers and otherwise great thinkers are ready at hand for almost every topic.
Read the entire post. Also see his review post of the book, Mary: The Church At the Source (Ignatius Press, 2005), by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger and Fr. Hans Urs von Balthasar. (HT: Chris Burgwald).